Alex Ni
Alex Ni, known professionally as Nese, is a Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2014 Nese wrote Jolin Tsai's "Play". The song received coverage in Time magazine and was nominated for multiple music awards such as Song of the Year, Best Music Arraignment, and Best Music video in the 26th Golden Melody Awards.
Early life
Nese was born in Seattle, United States. He learned piano and violin since childhood and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in visual arts.Career
Early career
Nese was deeply influenced by Western music and began to release his songs in the Chinese music industry upon his move to Taiwan. In 2006, Nese wrote three songs in Elva Hsiao's "1087" album, including "Confession 表白". His unique style of EDM began to receive acclamation, and gradually led to the rise of his prominence as the top producer of hip-hop and electronic dance music in the Chinese music industry.In 2008, Nese collaborated with Elva Hsiao again in the "3 Faced Elva 3面夏娃" album, continuing his legacy of dynamic rhythms and chic music styles. He also participated in the rap performance of the song "We’re a Great Match 速配程度". In the same year, Nese participated in the songwriting and singing of the theme songs "Superman" and "Jue Dui Wu Di 絕隊無敵" for the popular drama "Hot Shot 籃球火".
Songwriter and producer
Over the years, Nese has collaborated with many well-known Asian artists, including Jolin Tsai, A-Mei Chang, Eason Chan, Wilber Pan, Sammi Cheng, Lu Han, Han Geng, Cyndi Wang, A-Lin, Lollipop F, Amber An, Coco Lee, Momo Wu, and Waa Wei. Internationally, his credits include South Korea’s NCT 127, Hyolyn, and GFriend, as well as Japan’s Lol, among others.In 2014 Nese composed Jolin Tsai's "Play 我呸" and co-arranged the song with Starr Chen, with Katie Lee writing the lyrics. This song broke the record for various charts in the Chinese music industry and won multiple awards, including the most viewed music video in 2014 from YouTube Taiwan, 2015 German Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design, the champion of 5th Global Chinese Golden Chart from Hit FM, 2015 Hito Top Ten Chinese Songs of the Year and 2014 Top 100 Singles Champion from Hito Music Awards, and 2014 Top Ten Singles from The Association of Music Workers in Taiwan, etc.
Nese is currently the general manager of the music production company "NESE Music 岡歌文創". He has also participated in various songwriting camps to promote multicultural exchanges with music and has done co-writing with musicians from around the globe. He has participated in the 2016 Finland A Pop Castle Songwriting Camp, and Warner Chappell Asia Pacific Songwriting Camp, etc. He has worked with musicians from many countries such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Finland, etc. In 2018, Nese was invited to participate in the first songwriting camp jointly organized by Musikmakarna/Songwriters Academy of Sweden and Asia, to exchange music inspirations with Swedish musicians.
In 2020, in the album "Imperfect Imperfections 不完美人生指南", Nese released the song "Anti-Perfect 不屑完美" with A-Lin, leading her to make a breakthroughs in music genre.